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Wisp looked around at the remains of a battle, Krys had used his blaster to crush the cart track and burn marks around the opening were still left above her. The room was now empty and all evidence that the room had once been colorful was gone. The shape of the room itself had changed. The magic the Evil One had must have grown now that he had the belt. She had to find a way to the front door and see if Rainbow was okay.
In to every room she went, the more confused she became. It was as if the Color Castle had a mind of it's own and was twisting and turning as she went on. "I wonder if they are having the same problem I am." She said to herself after turning another corner to just get another stone wall.
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Back in the other side of the Color Castle, Rainbow and Starlite were hitting similar problems; Doors didn't seem to go anywhere except back to where she had come from.
"The Evil One's power has taken all our powers and turned the Color Castle in to a maze!" Starlite said.
"I don't think he expected us to be as we were Starlite," Rainbow replied "IF they had been we could find him easy. He's testing us."
"I never liked these games," Starlite said with a sigh. Again the turned another corner, and hit a heavy object. Rainbow looked down from Starlite and saw Wisp crumpled on the floor, her long lemon hair tossed in her eyes. She too looked up at Rainbow and grinned.
"I knew I heard you somewhere." Wisp said stranding up and dusting off her blue dress.
"Wisp!" Rainbow said with relief. She hopped down from Starlite and hugged her. "How did you get in?"
"A black.. Horse." she said. "On-X. He helped me get through."
"On-X is back from Spectra!" Rainbow said happily. "He had gone to visit Orin. I'm glad he got back safely. I was afraid he wouldn't be able to find us in the gloom."
"I told him to stay with the sprites and that I would call him if we needed him" Wisp said.
"That was good thinking. He can keep them safe until we get back."
"Where's Brian?" Wisp then asked noticing he was not in site.
Rainbow pointed to the hole in the ground at the entrance of the next room. "He fell down there, We have been trying to find a way down there, but this place keeps bringing us back here.
Wisp looked down the hole. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She asked. Rainbow's eyes widened.
"We're supposed to go down there?" she asked. Wisp nodded. "But there is no way I could go down there." Starlite said looking at the hole. Rainbow turned to him and stroked his coat.
"I need you here, Starlite." Rainbow said. If we need help, you will need to be the one to get if for us. Starlite nodded. Wisp and Rainbow looked at each other, at took hold of each other's hand. They took and deep breath and both of them jumped in to the hole, suddenly they hit solid ground and opened their eyes. In front of them they saw a river. "The No Return River." They said together. The river flowed deeper in to the Color Castle.
"One thing to do." Rainbow said and jumped in the water. Wisp held her breath and jumped in after her. When Rainbow resurfaced she looked around for Wisp, but she was nowhere to be seen. "Wisp!" She called, but the current suddenly swept her father inside. She looked around her and the water tossed her this way and that. "Brian." She called. Hopefully is he were there he could call to her and help her. She listened but the roar of the water did not let her voice cut through. The swirl of water kept Rainbow from getting a proper footing on the rive bed, so she tried to swim as hard and she could side. She kicked and pulled until her arms hurt. Then when she was about to give up a wave pushed her on to a ledge. She opened her eyes and saw a large door looming above her. She stood up, dripping water on to the dirt floor.
"Wisp!" She continued to call, but she didn't see her, or hear her in the water. Tears of sadness fell down her cheeks. "Please Wisp! Be okay!" She stood there a moment still not seeing Wisp in the water. She turned back to the door, and Rainbow was Angry. "I defeated you before! I'll do it again!" she called to the Evil One. If he was listening, she hoped someone heard her. Then she looked down at her feet and saw Brian's shoe prints going to the door and seeped to have walked though it. She walked to the door and examined it. She took hold of the handle and pushed but it did not seem to give. Then in flew open tossing Rainbow inside and slamming shut. Rainbow rolled over and quickly stood looking around. It was another hall. Rainbow sighed at the though of this too being another maze until she looked and saw a glint of light from the floor up ahead. She walked to the light and looked down. Written in the dirt at her feet was a message from Brian.
"Pen light, may need it."
Rainbow picked up the shinny thing, and noticed it was a bright steel Key chain. She pressed the button on the side and the brightest light she ever saw came from it. "Thank you Brian." She whispered. "With the Color Crystal I can make a Rainbow and .." Then Rainbow remember, Wisp had the Color Crystal in her pocket, the one she had the sprites cut so it could make the rainbows, and Wisp was lost in the No Return River. Rainbow sighed, but would not admit defeat. She put the light in her pocket and walked down the hall.
"You won't win this time, little girl." An angry voice echoed.
"That's what you think!" Rainbow called back. The voice just laughed at this. She walked to a sprint and the sprint to a run as she chased the echoing laugh. She ran until she came to a large stair. She took the first step, and again a blast of wind came down at her and the floor rumbled. She bit down on her lip and planted her feet on each step; she wasn't going to let him get away with this.
Wisp looked around at the remains of a battle, Krys had used his blaster to crush the cart track and burn marks around the opening were still left above her. The room was now empty and all evidence that the room had once been colorful was gone. The shape of the room itself had changed. The magic the Evil One had must have grown now that he had the belt. She had to find a way to the front door and see if Rainbow was okay.
In to every room she went, the more confused she became. It was as if the Color Castle had a mind of it's own and was twisting and turning as she went on. "I wonder if they are having the same problem I am." She said to herself after turning another corner to just get another stone wall.
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Back in the other side of the Color Castle, Rainbow and Starlite were hitting similar problems; Doors didn't seem to go anywhere except back to where she had come from.
"The Evil One's power has taken all our powers and turned the Color Castle in to a maze!" Starlite said.
"I don't think he expected us to be as we were Starlite," Rainbow replied "IF they had been we could find him easy. He's testing us."
"I never liked these games," Starlite said with a sigh. Again the turned another corner, and hit a heavy object. Rainbow looked down from Starlite and saw Wisp crumpled on the floor, her long lemon hair tossed in her eyes. She too looked up at Rainbow and grinned.
"I knew I heard you somewhere." Wisp said stranding up and dusting off her blue dress.
"Wisp!" Rainbow said with relief. She hopped down from Starlite and hugged her. "How did you get in?"
"A black.. Horse." she said. "On-X. He helped me get through."
"On-X is back from Spectra!" Rainbow said happily. "He had gone to visit Orin. I'm glad he got back safely. I was afraid he wouldn't be able to find us in the gloom."
"I told him to stay with the sprites and that I would call him if we needed him" Wisp said.
"That was good thinking. He can keep them safe until we get back."
"Where's Brian?" Wisp then asked noticing he was not in site.
Rainbow pointed to the hole in the ground at the entrance of the next room. "He fell down there, We have been trying to find a way down there, but this place keeps bringing us back here.
Wisp looked down the hole. "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" She asked. Rainbow's eyes widened.
"We're supposed to go down there?" she asked. Wisp nodded. "But there is no way I could go down there." Starlite said looking at the hole. Rainbow turned to him and stroked his coat.
"I need you here, Starlite." Rainbow said. If we need help, you will need to be the one to get if for us. Starlite nodded. Wisp and Rainbow looked at each other, at took hold of each other's hand. They took and deep breath and both of them jumped in to the hole, suddenly they hit solid ground and opened their eyes. In front of them they saw a river. "The No Return River." They said together. The river flowed deeper in to the Color Castle.
"One thing to do." Rainbow said and jumped in the water. Wisp held her breath and jumped in after her. When Rainbow resurfaced she looked around for Wisp, but she was nowhere to be seen. "Wisp!" She called, but the current suddenly swept her father inside. She looked around her and the water tossed her this way and that. "Brian." She called. Hopefully is he were there he could call to her and help her. She listened but the roar of the water did not let her voice cut through. The swirl of water kept Rainbow from getting a proper footing on the rive bed, so she tried to swim as hard and she could side. She kicked and pulled until her arms hurt. Then when she was about to give up a wave pushed her on to a ledge. She opened her eyes and saw a large door looming above her. She stood up, dripping water on to the dirt floor.
"Wisp!" She continued to call, but she didn't see her, or hear her in the water. Tears of sadness fell down her cheeks. "Please Wisp! Be okay!" She stood there a moment still not seeing Wisp in the water. She turned back to the door, and Rainbow was Angry. "I defeated you before! I'll do it again!" she called to the Evil One. If he was listening, she hoped someone heard her. Then she looked down at her feet and saw Brian's shoe prints going to the door and seeped to have walked though it. She walked to the door and examined it. She took hold of the handle and pushed but it did not seem to give. Then in flew open tossing Rainbow inside and slamming shut. Rainbow rolled over and quickly stood looking around. It was another hall. Rainbow sighed at the though of this too being another maze until she looked and saw a glint of light from the floor up ahead. She walked to the light and looked down. Written in the dirt at her feet was a message from Brian.
"Pen light, may need it."
Rainbow picked up the shinny thing, and noticed it was a bright steel Key chain. She pressed the button on the side and the brightest light she ever saw came from it. "Thank you Brian." She whispered. "With the Color Crystal I can make a Rainbow and .." Then Rainbow remember, Wisp had the Color Crystal in her pocket, the one she had the sprites cut so it could make the rainbows, and Wisp was lost in the No Return River. Rainbow sighed, but would not admit defeat. She put the light in her pocket and walked down the hall.
"You won't win this time, little girl." An angry voice echoed.
"That's what you think!" Rainbow called back. The voice just laughed at this. She walked to a sprint and the sprint to a run as she chased the echoing laugh. She ran until she came to a large stair. She took the first step, and again a blast of wind came down at her and the floor rumbled. She bit down on her lip and planted her feet on each step; she wasn't going to let him get away with this.